Once a thriving business for women, Afghan beauty salons lose their shine
By Laila Yousufy It was one of the earliest signs of the Taliban’s return to power: the whitewashing of women’s...
Reports
In western Afghanistan, the director of a women’s prison goes missing
By Maryam Mursal Two weeks ago, Major Alia Arefi, the 45-year-old director of the women’s prison in Herat in western...
A Teacher: “My brother and the Taliban forced me to stay at home
By Maryam Mursal Monisa Rezaee, 35, has taught literacy for the past 15 years. But last week she lost her...
Mosque attack: The bodies of some victims put in mass graves
By Hawa Mahmoodi At 1 pm on October 8, when worshipers gathered for Friday prayer, an explosion took place inside...
A woman athlete: “Now, the medals I won are the cause of my suffering”
By Hawa Mahmoodi Martial arts teacher Shafiqa Sadat Mohseni was coaching her students at her small club in the west...
A high school student set her school certificates on fire
By Arzoo Hakimi When Aybak city, the capital of central Samangan province, fell to the Taliban on the 9th of...
Mah Gul, a woman with many scars
Arzoo Hikmat 55-year-old Mah Gul with grayish hair and a wrinkled face, recalls her life as a woman who has...
‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals
Negar Masumi, a female police officer with 15 years of experience, was determined not to flee when the Taliban took...
‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban
By Zahra Joya Published by Rukhshana Media and The Guardian The day after Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province,...
‘I worry my daughters will never know peace’: women flee the Taliban – again
by Zainab Pirzad, Atefa Alizada and Rubaba Rezai Published By Rukhshana Media and The Guardian It was an exceptionally hot summer morning, on 13...
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